MUMBAI (Dunya News) – Karan Johar, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dharma Productions, one of India’s largest film production houses has announced on Tuesday to not cast Pakistani actors over animosity amidst Pakistan-India relations that got tensed in September.

The development has come in after the house’s forthcoming release, ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ was hit by controversy over actor, Fawad Khan essaying a role in it.

Khan, belonging to Pakistan has been getting threats by extremist wings in India ever since his first release ‘Khoobsurat’ was a blockbuster in 2014. In context of ongoing tensed relations, Fawad’s part in Neeraj Pandey’s biopic of Indian cricketer, M. S. Dhoni was removed as well.

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Pandey had cited the tensions between neighbouring states for the act.

On the other hand, association of film producers banned Pakistani actors last month until the ties restored to “normalcy.”